ReviewHormones and behavior2015
Maternal high-fat diet programming of the neuroendocrine system and behavior.
Review in Hormones and behavior, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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81 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 161 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association of maternal diabetes with autism spectrum disorders in offspring: A systemic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Multinutrient Supplementation in Children With ADHD Reduced Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Immune Factors in the MADDY Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of attention disorders · 2026Trial
- Effects of maternal lifestyle interventions on child neurobehavioral development: Follow-up of randomized controlled trials.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2019Trial
- Associations of Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI With Frontostriatal Connectivity in Young Children.Pediatric obesity · 2026Article
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- Common metabolic, environmental, and molecular mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Review
- Transdiagnostic prevention in youth mental health, Part I: rationale, shared risk factors.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
- Exploring the association between gestational diabetes exposure and mental and behavioural disorders in offspring: the Finnish gestational diabetes (FinnGeDi) register-based study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Neurodevelopmental Pathways from Maternal Obesity to Offspring Outcomes: An Umbrella Review of Cognitive and Behavioral Consequences Across Development.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Prenatal maternal HFD exposure impairs cognition via a hippocampal NMDA mechanism.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Molecular pathways in placental-fetal development and disruption.Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2024Review
- The dynamic influence of nutrition on prolonged cognitive healthspan across the life course: A perspective review.Neuroscience applied · 2024Review
- Sex-dependent effects of Setd1a haploinsufficiency on development and adult behaviour.PloS one · 2024Article
- Pancreatic GLUT2 protein expression and isolated islets insulin secretion decreased in high-fat fed rat dams.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2023Article
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- Examining Maternal Cardiometabolic Markers in Pregnancy on Child Emotional and Behavior Trajectories: Using Growth Curve Models on a Cohort Study.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2023Article
- Adverse effects of gestational ω-3 and ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid imbalance on the programming of fetal brain development.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2023Review
- Early Intervention ofNutrients · 2023Article
- Early-life dietary exposures mediate persistent shifts in the gut microbiome and visceral fat metabolism.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2023Article
- Evaluating different models of maternal stress on stress-responsive systems in prepubertal mice.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
21 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
This article is part of a Special Issue "SBN 2014". Maternal obesity, metabolic state, and diet during gestation have profound effects on offspring development. The prevalence of neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders has risen rapidly in the last several decades in parallel with the rise in obesity rates. Evidence from epidemiological studies indicates that maternal obesity and metabolic complications increase the risk of offspring developing behavioral disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and schizophrenia. Animal models show that a maternal diet high in fat similarly disrupts behavioral programming of offspring, with animals showing social impairments, increased anxiety and depressive behaviors, reduced cognitive development, and hyperactivity. Maternal obesity, metabolic conditions, and high fat diet consumption increase maternal leptin, insulin, glucose, triglycerides, and inflammatory cytokines. This leads to increased risk of placental dysfunction, and altered fetal neuroendocrine development. Changes in brain development that likely contribute to the increased risk of behavioral and mental health disorders include increased inflammation in the brain, as well as alterations in the serotonergic system, dopaminergic system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis.
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